{"title":"l-serine production from methanol and glycine with an immobilized methylotroph","authors":"Pramote Sirirote, Tsuneo Yamane, Shoichi Shimizu","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90107-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90107-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>l</span>-Serine production from methanol and glycine was attempted using immobilized resting cells of a methylotroph, <em>Protomonas extorquens</em> NR 1, under automatically controlled conditions. A Ca-alginate system was selected. The conditions for <span>l</span>-serine formation were optimized at 30°C. A concentration of glycine 100 g·<em>l</em><sup>−1</sup> which was the optimum concentration for <span>l</span>-serine production by free resting cells was used in the reaction mixture. The optimum concentrations of methanol and dissolved oxygen were 20 g·<em>l</em><sup>−1</sup> and 5 ppm, respectively. Under the optimum conditions, 11.3 g·<em>l</em><sup>−1</sup> of <span>l</span>-serine was produced within 36 h. The selectivities (mole of <span>l</span>-serine/mole of substrate consumed) of <span>l</span>-serine from methanol and glycine were 4.5% and 95.1%, respectively. The size of gel beads affected the <span>l</span>-serine formation rate. The initial rate of <span>l</span>-serine formation decreased with an increase in the size of beads. However, the <span>l</span>-serine formation rate increased at elevated concentrations of dissolved oxygen, even with large sized beads. This result implies that the oxygen diffusion inside the gel beads limited the <span>l</span>-serine formation rate. The observed effectiveness factor of the immobilized cells could be estimated by the theoretical effectiveness factor of the zero-order reaction with respect to the dissolved oxygen.</p><p>Repeated use was not feasible without reactivation of the immobilized cells. Reusability was examined by reactivation of the immobilized resting cells in appropriate media for 12 h. The reactivated immobilized resting cells were used again in the next cycle. By this procedure, several cycles of <span>l</span>-serine formation were made possible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 3","pages":"Pages 291-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90107-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86565386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isolation of a yeast growing on sardine oil and its characteristics","authors":"Yasuhide Ota, Yasushi Kushida","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90104-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90104-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A yeast strain, FO-144Cl, was isolated from a soil sample, using crude sardine oil, which contains a large quantity of poly-unsaturated long-chain fatty acids, as a sole carbon source. This strain was identified as a species of <em>Candida</em>. A medium for its growth was optimized by statistical methods and optimal temperature for the growth was from 28 to 30°C. Among the natural oils and fats tested, the yeast grew best on olive oil and grew better on the crude sardine oil than on a refined one. The yield of dry cells was 17.6 mg/ml after 24 h, using 2% crude sardine oil. The maximum growth rate was 0.36, 0.25, and 0.21 h<sup>−1</sup> with crude sardine oil, soybean oil, and olive oil, respectively. The content of crude fat in the yeast cells was 15.1% and half of the total cell lipid was triglyceride. Fatty acid compositions of the lipid and oily fractions left in the medium after cultivation were analyzed. Little unsaturated long-chain fatty acids (><em>C</em><sub>18</sub>) was observed in the cell lipids, but they were left concentrated in the medium.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 3","pages":"Pages 273-277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90104-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75921973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of a promoter-like region in Flavobacterium which controls 6-aminohexanoic acid linear oligomer hydrolase gene expression in Escherichia coli","authors":"Mitsuo Okazaki , Tomohiro Uemura , Yasumoto Nishimori , Kiichiro Wakamatsu , Makoto Shimosaka , Hideki Saito , Seiji Negoro , Hirosuke Okada","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90080-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90080-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The region located 6.0–6.2 kb upstream from a structural gene for 6-aminohexanoic acid linear oligomer hydrolase (EII) in <em>Flavobacterium</em> was found to be responsible for EII expression in <em>Escherichia coli</em>. In this region there existed a 50 bp long inverted repeat containing a sequence homologous to the <em>E. coli</em> promoter −35 and −10 regions. Introduction of deletions in this region resulted in decreases in EII activity to various levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 5","pages":"Pages 489-494"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90080-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75997996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Product inhibition and its removal on josamycin fermentation by Streptomyces narbonensis var. josamyceticus","authors":"Hideo Eiki , Hiroshi Gushima, Takeshi Saito, Hitoshi Ishida, Yoshihiko Oka, Takashi Osono","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90089-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90089-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Josamycin formation was shown to be closely associated with the degree of mycelial growth. Media using glycerol or glucose were slight in josamycin accumulation. However, the mycelial growth and product formation were interrupted in the course of the fermentation. The self-resistance level of the producing organism against josamycin was shown to be not higher than 1 mg per ml. In media using fatty oil, the organism grew smoothly and gave a concentration of josamycin at least 5 times higher than the self-resistance level</p><p>Most of the josamycin was distributed in the oily phase of the broth. The josamycin concentration of the water phase of the broth was less than the self-resistance level, except in the later period of the fermentation. Unsaturated fatty acids remaining in the broth were found to be the best extractors of josamycin. It was concluded that the enhanced josamycin accumulation of this fermentation resulted from the removal of the product inhibition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 5","pages":"Pages 559-565"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90089-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77092524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cell wall mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with increased digestibility by cell wall lytic enzymes and protein extractability","authors":"Tasuku Nakajima , Reiko Konno , Hiroshi Nishihara , Kazuo Matsuda","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90100-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90100-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Yeast cell wall mutants were obtained by mutagenesis of <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> X2180-1A, a haplid strain, with <em>N</em>-methyl-<em>N</em>′-nitro-<em>N</em>-nitrosoguanidine. The two <em>S. cerevisiae</em> mutants showed considerable morphological changes and digestibilities by lytic enzymes. Sequential extractions of proteins and polysaccharides from the mutant and wild type cells indicate that the mutants have high protein extractability and lack some wall proteins as well as some polysaccharide fractions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 3","pages":"Pages 245-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90100-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83693854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krung Hyun Sohn , Chan Yong Lee , Ke Ho Lee , Young Je Cho , Jae Heung Lee
{"title":"Conversion of 5′-inosinic acid to inosine by Streptomyces aureus","authors":"Krung Hyun Sohn , Chan Yong Lee , Ke Ho Lee , Young Je Cho , Jae Heung Lee","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90092-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90092-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The production of inosine by microbial conversion of 5′-inosinic acid (IMP) was investigated. Among the various strains of <em>Streptomyces</em> and <em>Bacillus</em> tested, <em>Streptomyces aureus</em> NCIB 9803 was selected for the microbial conversion process due to its high IMP-degrading activity. A maximum conversion yield of 0.43 (86% of the theoretical value) was obtained when IMP was added to the culture medium at 24 h. Kinetic studies with [8-<sup>14</sup>C] IMP showed that the difference from the theoretical values mainly attributable to the uptake of inosine by <em>S. aureus</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 5","pages":"Pages 585-589"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90092-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86035284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanistic analysis of xanthan gum production in a stirred tank","authors":"Hitoshi Funahashi , Koh-Ichi Hirai , Toshiomi Yoshida , Hisaharu Taguchi","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90115-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90115-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The overall effect of agitation on xanthan gum production by <em>Xanthomonas campestris</em> ATCC13951 in a stirred vessel was mechanistically analyzed considering local variation of the specific production rate due to variation of shear stress in the vessel. The whole liquid volume in a fermentor was roughly divided into three regions; the micromixing region around the impeller with high shear stress, the macromixing region dominated by a circulating flow and the stagnant region. The value of the shear rate was first ascertained by experiments in order to obtain a picture of shear rate variation in a radial direction from the impeller, and the equivalence between the volumes of the high shear stress region and micromixing region was confirmed. The shear stress obtained using a correlation between the shear rate at the impeller tip and Reynolds number of Wichterle <em>et al.</em> was used as a representative of the shear stress in the micromixing region, and the shear stress estimated by use of an empirical correlation between the average shear rate in a fermentor and agitation speed derived by Metzner <em>et al.</em> was adopted as a representative of the shear stress in the macromixing region. The information about the circulation time distribution was also used to take into account oxygen deficiency during circulation of liquid elements in the macromixing region, considering that oxygen from the gas phase was supplied mainly in the high shear region. The calculated values of xanthan gum concentrations which were obtained by the proposed simulation method agreed well with the experimental data in the time course of xanthan gum production at various agitation speeds. Experimental results of the relationship between the overall specific production rate and <em>ND</em> (<em>N</em>, agitation speed, and <em>D</em>, impeller diameter) was also verified by the proposed method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 3","pages":"Pages 355-364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90115-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82428365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inulinase from Chrysosporium pannorum","authors":"Rong Xiao, Masatoshi Tanida, Shoichi Takao","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90088-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90088-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A mold, <em>Chrysosporium pannorum</em> AHU 9700, isolated from soil, was found to produce a very active inulin-hydrolyzing enzyme. The inulinase activity of this strain was induced by inulin, but not by sucrose, glucose, or fructose. The highest inulinase activity, 115 units/ml, was obtained under the optimum conditions. A crude enzyme preparation was active against inulin, levan, sucrose, and raffinose, but not melezitose. An inulin suspension of 10% was hydrolyzed completely at pH 5.6, 50°C, in 8 h, and inulo-oligosaccharides were detected in the initial stage of enzymatic reaction. Jerusalem artichoke extract was also rapidly hydrolyzed into fructose and small amounts of glucose. These results indicate that the <em>C. pannorum</em> crude enzyme contained exo- and endo-inulinases. The inulinase of <em>C. pannorum</em> AHU 9700 might be used industrially to prepare high fructose syrup from inulin-containing agricultural crops.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 5","pages":"Pages 553-558"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90088-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81188760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnesium requirement for biological removal of phosphate by activated sludge","authors":"Hiroshi Imai , Kazuo Endoh , Takeshi Kozuka","doi":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90070-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0385-6380(88)90070-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of magnesium on excess uptake of phosphate in an aerobic-anaerobic activated sludge process were examined by the fill and draw procedure. The alternation of anaerobic and aerobic conditions in one cycle of fill and draw process was varied many ways.</p><p>The presence of sufficient magnesium was necessary for uptake of excess phosphate. When sludge contained more phosphorus than the upper limit of phosphorus content in the usual aerobic activated sludge, 2.5% by weight, magnesium was also contained in more than an ordinary amount (0.5%). Their contents in the sludge at the end of each cycle of the process were correlated with each other by a linear equation with the correlation coefficient of 0.99. When magnesium concentration was insufficient for the uptake of excess phosphate, its concentration in the treated water was of the order of 0.1 mg/<em>l</em>.</p><p>In the first anaerobic period both phosphate and magnesium were released, and in a successive aerobic period they were taken up again. The weight ratio of differential amounts of phosphorus and magnesium released or taken up changed with time in one cycle.</p><p>Dynamic behaviors of phosphate and magnesium removal against the step change of feed magnesium concentration also showed a stoichiometric relationship supporting the correlation equation above mentioned.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fermentation Technology","volume":"66 6","pages":"Pages 657-666"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0385-6380(88)90070-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84920735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}